My Covid-19 Journey

Where do I start! OK Day 11 I guess, no post for yesterday as nothing much happened, other than me over cooking it a bit on a Zwift ride. Body battery died a death, and recovery for today wasn't ideal. Day 11 test was of course positive, but taking a lot longer to show. So, today, Freedom Day! Of course taking all the advice into account, reading the various interpretations of what it all meant, and even throwing a poll on to Twitter to see what others would do. The section of information in question here is the advice for still testing positive after 10 days. It reads..  " What if I’m still testing positive after 10 days? You may leave self-isolation after your 10th full day of self-isolation even if you are still testing positive. The only exception to this is if you still have a high temperature, or are still feeling unwell. If you only have a cough or your sense of smell or taste remains affected, you can leave isolatio n." Obviously, other than a bit of fatigue when

A day off work today, originally booked for an appointment, but obviously I can't attend anything right now. So I am making the most of it and having a rest from as much as possible. Not a bed nights sleep, but definitely more lethargic in the mornings, possibly due to knowing I can't go out and do anything, rather than not having any energy. Had a bit of a sore knee when I got up, so decided todays activity should be low impact. So I went for a 1 hour treadmill walk instead. Slowly increasing the speed. Felt nice and low impact. Then of course we moved onto the test. Day 10 LFT, still hoping (I'm joking) for early release. Within a few mins of starting the test, the positive line was starting to show. Ann meanwhile had also tested but was showing as negative. This is from one of the newer kits we have, which is nose and throat swabs. Between us we have four sets of tests, two each of nose only, and nose and throat ones. I had used an older nose only. So out of

Might be feeling it, but not actually much stronger at all. I say that, but definitely a lot better than I have been over the last week. Another mediocre night sleep, very broken, pretty restless, but woke up quite refreshed all the same. That said, I certainly didn't want to get out of bed this morning, that's a fact! None the less I did, and after a little stretch and warm up, jumped on the bike for a longer ride. Chose a route that was not too challenging, and decided on a couple of laps of the Greatest London Flat on Zwift. Just wanted to get some endurance in, and keep the pedals spinning for 90 mins or so, and maintain some OK power. The only challenges on the route are a prolonged steady climb, and a sharp snapper up the escalator.. Steady climb, fine, settled in, spun, got the power up. Escalator, I can usually sprint and throw out about 1200w for the 10 seconds up it.. Today, I just kept hitting the button to drop gear after gear and couldn't even muster up 500w! 

Nope, no suspense this time, straight up positive still.  My gentle morning walk was a bit more of an effort than expected to begin with, coughing almost immediately, but settled in OK in the end. Temperature is down to 36.6c now which is nice. I can feel the difference as its starting to drop.  4 days of isolation left now inc today, so the clock is ticking down nicely now. Can't wait to get out for some gentle exercise. Cue the shite weather!

As promised, I had an early night last night. Did me no good whatsoever, and struggled all night to stay asleep for any period of time. Waking with a sore throat and mouth a number of times, then couldn't get back to sleep. Disturbed by any noise I heard including 'a owl, a evil f**kin owl'. My brain turned it into someone calling for help in my dream somehow. Needless to say I woke feeling a bit crappy to say the least. Body battery only went up to 90% after all that rest, and that's just about where I feel right now. Fair to say that a big effort on the bike yesterday probably didn't help matters, but hey. Today I shall take it a lot easier, no racing heart rates for me, just a nice morning walk on Zwift is all I have planned. Just a bit snotty this morning, and body a bit low on energy, other than that, not too bad, cough is much less frequent today.  Ann tested positive again, so no early release for her. 

Today after a good start I thought I would drop the paracetamol, and stick with just the antibiotics. I have had plenty of fluids today and enough food to keep the energy levels up. All good, right? Well, apparently not. Over the afternoon I have developed a bit of a warm feeling, some tightness in my neck and shoulders, and a bit of a foggy wobby head. This evening the light headedness is a bit more noticeable. Of course, some of this could be put down to quite a lot of coughing today, certainly noticed the increase in coughing in a little throat soreness now. Nothing terrible, but a bit of a change all the same, so thought I would note it down. Definitely feel tired now, by late afternoon I was ready for bed, so might try for an earlier one today.